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Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Eileen Hull's 3D Birdhouse - Halloween Design

While I had all my Halloween craft stuff out, I had a go at making an Eileen Hull's 3D Birdhouse into a mini Halloween-style house.

I cut the house base from Tim Holtz paper, and inked up all the edges. Before assembling the house, I cut little windows in it, using the Sizzix Base Tray, and a couple of dies from The Movers and Shapers 'Mini Openings' set.

I added some sections of Tim Holtz's new Cobwebs die, a circle punched moon, cloud from Papertrey Ink, and Movers and Shapers Bats.

I stuck vellum inside the windows, and put a battery tea-light inside the house (you can kind of see the glow in the top window!)

The swirls on the side were cut with My Favourite Things 'Fancy Flourish' die.

I also added some black Tim Holtz Distress Ink, in splodges to the roof and sides.

For the house front, I hand cut some little hinges and a door, which I used a Stampin' Up woodgrain stamp on. The little key plate is a brad. I drew some little stones for the window sill.

A note on my adhesives. I used the ATG (pink glue tape gun) for the flaps on the house - really strong. For the bits I need to have dry quickly, and by just a small edge (like the bat and moon onto the edge of the roof, and cobweb under the eaves), I used Beacons 3-in-1 glue. It's very sticky, grabs instantly, and dies very quickly. It also holds heavy items well.

For detailed gluing, I use glue pens such as Martha Stewart's Fine Tipped Glue Pen or those by Zig.

Finally, I used little square adhesive foam pads for the door.

These four kinds of adhesive are my absolute staples which I use on virtually every project I do.

5 comments:

Oh Helen- the embellishments and fun touches you added are so great- especially the splotches, cobwebs, cool brad keyhole and fun woodgrain door. Good tips on adhesives too- the right tool for the job is so important! Love it :-)

I've been married to Scott for 22 years, am mum to 4 great kids, including one with Type 1 Diabetes. I'm also an On-Call Fire Fighter. I love making things with the craft supplies which are crammed into the drawers in my dining room...